COLOR SPACES
Color management is the process of coordinating colors from nature to camera, then to monitor, then to print, so you can be sure of the color that will be produced in your final images.
It’s a big and pretty...

These are the things every visual artist MUST know and understand.LIGHT & COLOR
If you want to learn to manage color, it helps to first understand just what it is:
Color is a property of both an object and light, and it...

Being a freelancer is scary. I sit here day after day. My head down, cranking out my work. Sometimes I use Photoshop, sometimes I write articles, and sometimes I code my website.
At the end of the day, I made...

This is a great video from Derek Halpern of Social Triggers talking about how to prevent new clients from haggling your rates. He also offers a great script of a response to client requests negotiating your rates down.
We often...

In this video we will talk about the differences between Brush Opacity and Flow, and Layer Opacity versus Fill.BRUSH OPACITY vs. FLOW
While most people starting out with Photoshop tend to utilize Opacity slider and leave Flow untouched, knowing the...

Learn how to work with this super useful and often overlooked function of Layers Blending Options - Blend If Sliders.In this video I will show you how the Blend If sliders work and give a couple of practical examples...

Quick mask is a Photoshop tool that can be used in a wide range of image editing situations. It will be quite handy for a retoucher working with Architectural photography as well as Product, Advertising and even Wedding images.In...

Please read How to Set Preferences & Memory Usage for Peak Performance before you continue reading this article.
History & Caches
Simply put, keep History States and Cache Levels at their default settings, and get into the habit of working on separate Layers,...

Since I am a very intuitive photographer and retoucher, I might not always use the easiest way to achieve a certain result. For me the key to color correcting a photograph is the search for that tingling gut feeling...